The ladder

[cruiser]

Looks like the Wigggles have stitched up the minor premiership and Adelaide 2nd place. If Sydney win tomorrow we are almost certain to take a double chance. I'm hoping the Saints will lose one so we can snatch 3rd place and play (and defeat) Adelaide first up in the finals to march str8 to a home preliminary final.

[liz]

Originally posted by cruiser
Looks like the Wigggles have stitched up the minor premiership and Adelaide 2nd place. If Sydney win tomorrow we are almost certain to take a double chance. I'm hoping the Saints will lose one so we can snatch 3rd place and play (and defeat) Adelaide first up in the finals to march str8 to a home preliminary final.

St Kilda still have to play Freo (in the west) and Brisbane (in Melbourne). They looked very good yesterday (much better than against Geelong last week) but neither of those will be gimmes, particularly with both teams still with a chance but no guarantee of a top 8 finish.

Goes without saying that we have to be able to take care of both Brisbane and the Kangas.

[j s]

Originally posted by liz
Goes without saying that we have to be able to take care of both Brisbane and the Kangas.

Please don't forget Hawthorn!

[boroboy]

But the Saints percentage effectively puts them two games ahead of us. For us to steal third, they'd have to lose both of their next games (highly unlikely) and we have to win all three of ours.

A win today would more or less guarantee a first up final at Subi.

[sfan]

Originally posted by cruiser
Looks like the Wigggles have stitched up the minor premiership and Adelaide 2nd place. If Sydney win tomorrow we are almost certain to take a double chance. I'm hoping the Saints will lose one so we can snatch 3rd place and play (and defeat) Adelaide first up in the finals to march str8 to a home preliminary final.

Correct me if I am wrong but is we finish 4th we would play the eagles in Perth. If we were to lose and then won the next week we would play a prelim other than Perth? I do not think we would have to goto to Perth twice?

[Sean]

Originally posted by boroboy
But the Saints percentage effectively puts them two games ahead of us. For us to steal third, they'd have to lose both of their next games (highly unlikely) and we have to win all three of ours.

They only have to lose one. We will be equal if we win today but behind on percentage. If they lose one of their next two and we win both we will take third.

[DST]

Originally posted by sfan
Correct me if I am wrong but is we finish 4th we would play the eagles in Perth. If we were to lose and then won the next week we would play a prelim other than Perth? I do not think we would have to goto to Perth twice?

No we cross over to the other side of the draw and play either Adelaide in Adelaide or St Kilda in Melbourne.

Both of which will be tough.

DST

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by DST
No we cross over to the other side of the draw and play either Adelaide in Adelaide or St Kilda in Melbourne.

Both of which will be tough.

DST

I just hope we avoid St Kilda in Melbourne in the finals.

[DST]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
I just hope we avoid St Kilda in Melbourne in the finals.

As it stands at present, to avoid St Kilda in Melbourne we would need to beat Wet Toast in Perth or hope that Adelaide can knock off St Kilda at AAMI.

I agree of the 3 other sides, I don't want us to run into St Kilda in the finals.

DST

[Thunder Shaker]

The Saints' weakness could be their easy draw. They play West Coast (round 8, Subiaco, loss), Adelaide (round 9, Docklands, loss) and Sydney (round 10, Docklands, win) only once, and with the exception of the Kangaroos their recent matches against other top 8 sides have been against sides in poor form.

The Kangaroos nearly brought them undone last round.

I feel the Saints' weakness is that they haven't been seriously challenged in the last two months, and if they are put under real pressure there is a chance they will crack.